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Operating Instructions
English
Alternative Frequencies (AF)
A list of alternative frequencies that send the same programme is transmitted. If the transmitter station currently
received becomes too weak, the receiver detects from the AF signal on which frequencies it must search for a better
transmitter.
Program Type (PTY)
This code gives the receiver information about the type of the transmitted programme (e.g. sports, classic, news etc.).
The listener can select his favourite programme purposefully.
A national disaster alarm can also be prepared this way. However, not all the radio stations offer the PTY service.
Clock time (CT)
Many stations transmit the current time in the RDS data. If a radio receives this signal, it sets the in-built clock
automatically.
Therefore, when you leave the transmission area, the RDS system has the advantage that it switches to a similar
transmitter station that can be better received. However, it only changes when it finds a better transmitter station with
the same programme.
Short signal attenuations due to the reception cannot be eliminated by the RDS system either, since this would mean
that the car radios permanently switches back and forth. The listener would feel much more disturbed by this than
by short-term reception problems.
Another advantage of the RDS system is that the station name is displayed. The station name of an RDS station is
displayed in the car radio.
Function of the keys
• Station buttons 1-6 (4)
If you shortly press these buttons, you can select a station you have pre-set.
If you want to store a station you are listening to, simply press the desired button for more than 1 second.
Every one of the three FM ranges (FM1-3) has six station buttons. Therefore you can assign 18 station
buttons.
